College Football starts Thursday night September 2. Just like every other year college football has only a couple of big games on opening day that will peak the interest of fans but the match-ups are very good.
Predictions
Thursday:
South Carolina v.s. Southern Miss- this is the best match-up of the thursday night games. South Carolina is suppose to contend heavily for the SEC east crown. South Carolina has a solid defense especially in the secondary with Alshon Jeffery, but the offense can only be as good as Stephen Garcia is. Southern Miss is coming off a season where they made a return trip to the New Orleans bowl and lost to Middle Tennessee State. They return one of the best receivers in the nation DeAndre Brown, who could garner plenty of Heisman hype but the defense is in question. Game Prediction: South Carolina 35 Southern Miss 21
Saturday:
LSU vs North Carolina (Georgia Dome)- LSU is a hard team to predict, sometimes the defense will play well and the offense cant score and vice versa. LSU does have the best corner in the nation in Patrick Peterson but he cant score touchdowns on defense. North Carolina is suppose to be a highly regarded favorite to win the ACC this year but with the agent house party in Miami took away some key players their stout defense has some holes now and their offense is shaky at best. This is shaping up to be a low scoring game. Game Prediction: LSU 17 UNC 10
South Alabama vs Pikeville- South Alabama is coming off their inaugural season where they went undefeated. South Alabama is returning all of their starters off last years team and should easily beat Pikeville and continue their undefeated ways. Game Prediction: USA 56 Pikeville 14
TCU vs Oregon State- TCU is coming off a season where they made it to the Fiesta Bowl and lost to Boise State. TCU has lost their best player off last years team in Jerry Hughes. Coach Gary Patterson is always known for having tough teams and to never count them out of any game. Oregon State is looking to dethrone their state rivals Oregon as Pac-10 champs. They have an under the radar running back in Jacquizz Rogers who was overlooked in Texas by all the Big 12 teams. Game Prediction: TCU 21 Oregon State 24
Monday
Boise State vs Virginia Tech- Boise State is looking to become the first non-BCS automatic qualifying school to reach the National Championship game. Boise State returns 21 of 22 starters from last years team. Quarterback Kellen Moore is also on many experts list as a top Heisman candidate and if they win this game could become the front runner. Virginia Tech is no stranger to start off the season with big games as last year they played Alabama in Atlanta. Virginia Tech is known for a tough defense that will knock the breath out of people. Virginia Tech needs Tyrod Taylor to place up to his potential in order to win the game. Game Prediciton Boise 21 VA Tech 28
Other Games
Alabama over San Jose State
Auburn over Arkansas State
Florida over Miami (OH)
USC over Hawaii
Wisconsin over UNLV
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